The Ivory -Billed Phoenix Aligns With Confucious

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ice
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since 2003-05-17

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Pennsylvania

0 posted 2005-05-01 08:17 AM

If a man takes no thought about what is distant,
he will find sorrow near at hand."
    Confucius, The Confucian Analects
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Something said extinct appears,
A trick, mirage, or slight
Of  hand, perhaps
A Phoenix rises
From an earthen wilderness,

Birthing itself
From its own extrusions,
Pressed through the die
Of long passed history?

Reborn
This feathered solid
Fly's  triumphant
Into mans view once again,
On the highly polluted air
Of a much ignored past ....

The great bird lifts...

Waving white-truce flags,
Red-crest in full extent
Above a pointed beak
Of chiseled ivory,

Making a mockery
Of mans old errors;
Coming near at hand,
To be reexamined;

Hope rising from the ashes
Of our near at hand sorrows...

EvocativeVerse2
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since 2003-09-10

Posts 1279

1 posted 2005-05-01 08:21 AM

Hey ice...FANTASTIC my friend! This is an incredible piece of poetry. The image of the phoenix is so real in my mind at this moment...makes me not want to lay down and sleep...but rather sit here and ponder your words...even though I am running on 3 hours of sleep this morning. I love this poem my friend...never stop doing what you do oh so well.

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2005-05-01 10:12 AM

Wisdom and beauty combined in this very appealing piece.

Love, Margherita

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2005-05-01 10:28 AM

Ford

"the grest bird lifts"

It certainly does in this poem. Amazing! I loved it!

froggy
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since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

4 posted 2005-05-01 05:33 PM

I must agree with everyone on this fine
piece.

:-)

<^^> Today the pond....Tomorrow the world

Saunni
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 1777
West Virginia

5 posted 2005-05-01 05:38 PM

Goodness, this is stunning!

Sauni:)
To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe.

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

6 posted 2005-05-01 05:58 PM

You have made me smile, poet friends......

The return of a species after so many years is very exciting to me...

As are these nice comments....

Thank You
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Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

7 posted 2005-05-01 06:37 PM

WOW! An amazing write here Ford...
wonderful imagery brought it to life.
Well done!
Hugs~N

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain ~

ice
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since 2003-05-17

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Pennsylvania

8 posted 2005-05-01 08:57 PM

Thank you, Nancy.....

If anyone wants to read more
about this amazing discovery, go here... http://www.howlingthemoon.org/archives/2005/04/the_bird_that_c.html
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aujussy wolf